Standardized claim forms. Information necessary for filing a claim. Regulations.

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(a) Except where there is an agreement to the contrary between a third-party payer and the health care provider, as defined in section 19a-17b, all health care providers shall submit all third-party claims for payment on the current standard Health Care Financing Administration Fifteen Hundred (HCFA1500) health insurance claim form or its successor, or in the case of a hospital or other health care institution, a Health Care Financing Administration UB-92 health insurance claim form or its successor, or in accordance with other forms which may be prescribed by the Insurance Commissioner.

(b) For any claim submitted to an insurer on the current standard Health Care Financing Administration Fifteen Hundred health insurance claim form or its successor, if the following information is completed and received by the insurer, the claim may not be deemed to be deficient in the information needed for filing a claim for processing pursuant to subparagraph (B) of subdivision (15) of section 38a-816.

Item Number                     Item Description
  1a Insured's identification number
2 Patient's name
3 Patient's birth date and sex
4 Insured's name
    10a Patient's condition - employment
    10b Patient's condition - auto accident
    10c Patient's condition - other accident
  11 Insured's policy group number
  (if provided on identification card)
    11d Is there another health benefit plan?
    17a Identification number of referring physician or
  advanced practice registered nurse
  (if required by insurer)
    21 Diagnosis
      24A Dates of service
      24B Place of service
      24D Procedures, services or supplies
      24E Diagnosis code
      24F Charges
    25 Federal tax identification number
    28 Total charge
    31 Signature of physician, advanced practice
  registered nurse or supplier with date
    33 Physician's, advanced practice registered nurse's
  or supplier's billing name,
  address, zip code & telephone number

(c) For any claim submitted to an insurer on the current standard Health Care Financing Administration UB-92 health insurance claim form or its successor, if the following information is completed and received by the insurer, the claim may not be deemed to be deficient in the information needed for filing a claim for processing pursuant to subparagraph (B) of subdivision (15) of section 38a-816.

Item Number                  Item Description
1 Provider name and address
5 Federal tax identification number
6 Statement covers period
   12 Patient name
   14 Patient's birth date
   15 Patient's sex
   17 Admission date
   18 Admission hour
   19 Type of admission
   21 Discharge hour
   42 Revenue codes
   43 Revenue description
   44 HCPCS/CPT4 codes
   45 Service date
   46 Service units
   47 Total charges by revenue code
   50 Payer identification
   51 Provider number
   58 Insured's name
   60 Patient's identification number
  (policy number and/or
  Social Security number)
   62 Insurance group number
  (if on identification card)
   67 Principal diagnosis code
   76 Admitting diagnosis code
   80 Principle procedure code and date
   81 Other procedures code and date
   82 The identification number of
  the attending physician or advanced
  practice registered nurse

(d) The commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to implement the provisions of this section.

(P.A. 93-109; P.A. 03-57, S. 2; P.A. 12-197, S. 41.)

History: P.A. 03-57 substituted “Health Care Financing Administration UB-92 health insurance claim form” for “UB-82” in Subsec. (a), added new Subsecs. (b) and (c) re information on HCFA1500 claim form and UB-92 claim form, respectively, redesignated existing Subsec. (b) as Subsec. (d) and made technical changes therein; P.A. 12-197 amended Subsec. (b) by adding references to advanced practice registered nurse in items 17a, 31 and 33 and amended Subsec. (c) by adding reference to advanced practice registered nurse and making a technical change in item 82.


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